BOSNIA: EU
ministers chastise Bosnia over reforms(Balkan Insight):
"The Council of European Union expressed disappointment
about Bosnia's lack of progress towards the EU and once again
urged politicians to implement a key human rights ruling"

DENMARK: Prisons
packed with foreigners(The Copenhagen Post): "As
of this moment, there are 387 eastern Europeans sitting behind
bars somewhere in Denmark. That number has risen ten percent
since 2011. Eastern Europeans now make up one tenth of the countrys
total prison population according to numbers released by Kriminalforsorgen,
the nations prison and probation system"

France's
far-right ban targets all extremism(France
24): "The French governments decision to dissolve
two far-right groups Wednesday was a deliberate move to calm
tensions in France following suburban rioting and a growing number
of Islamophobic incidents, according to one expert on far-right
movements"

GERMANY: Neo-Nazi
terror: Trial advances despite immense complexity(Spiegel
Online): "The NSU trial in Munich has so far been plodding
along with disjointed hearings on multiple crimes and defendants,
but the presiding judge has nevertheless moved the trial forward.
Yet another complication is emerging, though, between prosecutors
and victims"

GERMANY: Refugees
as luggage porters - politics gone wrong? (Deutsche Welle):
""Black asylum seekers haul luggage for 1.05 euros
per hour" - It's a headline that has caused indignation
throughout the country - and casts light on the reality of refugee
life in Germany"

GREECE: Golden
Dawn plays Nazi anthem at food handout (Enet English):
"Greek version of the Nazi German Horst-Wessel-Lied (Horst
Wessel Song) played on loudspeakers outside a Golden Dawn office
where members handed out bags of food and clothing"

GREECE: Officers
suspended after prisoner escapes (Ekathimerini): "The
chief of Greek police on Monday ordered the suspension of four
police officers after a 30-year-old man who was being detained
at the Thessoloniki police headquarters managed to escape from
the building undetected on Sunday"

GREECE: Samaras
moves toward total control(Greek Reporter): "With
the Greek Parliament in summer session, and only 100 of 300 members
needed to be present, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has quietly
sent the body a bill that would allow public sector reform to
be imposed by presidential decree rather than bringing legislation
to lawmakers. Samaras earlier used a ministerial decree to shut
down the public broadcaster ERT and fire all its 2,656 workers."
See also: The
time for the troika is over, says EU Commission VP Viviane Reding(Ekathimerini)

GREECE: Wealthy
Greeks lose security perks in austerity cutback(The
Independent): "Greeks fearing attacks by anarchists will
no longer be entitled to free police bodyguards in the latest
cost-cutting plan from a government trying to meet budget targets
set by international creditors"

Greek
defense minister meets US counterpart in Washington DC(Ekathimerini):
"The United States recognizes Greeces strategic
role and the countrys position as a stable and stabilizing
factor in its region said Greek Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos
during an official meeting with his US counterpart Chuck Hagel
in Washington DC on Tuesday"

HUNGARY: Ombudsman
wants review of restrictions on criticism of politicians
(Politics.hu): "Ombudsman Mate Szabo has turned to the
Constitutional Court and asked the body for a review of passages
in Hungarys new civil code, which seeks to restrict peoples
right to criticise public officials, the Ombudsmans Office
told MTI in a statement on Sunday"

ITALY: Expulsion
order and fine rejected for immigrant who married (Gazzetta
del Sud): "Italy's supreme Cassation Court on Monday
tossed out a 5,000-euro fine, expulsion order and conviction
for a non-European immigrant caught on Italian territory without
a visa just prior to marrying an Italian citizen"

ITALY: Maroni
confirms Kyenge's invitation to Northern League rally
(Gazzetta del Sud): "The national chief of the anti-immigrant
Northern League party and Lombardy Governor Roberto Maroni said
that he would call Italy's Congolese-born integration minister
to confirm her attendance at a national rally next month"

ITALY: Neo-Nazi
Italian GP has bust of Hitler in library(The Independent):
"Italys dubious relationship with far-right politics
is in the spotlight again with news that an unabashed neo-Nazi
doctor has been reported to the countrys health ministry."

ITALY: The
ghastly account of Marta - Police abuses in Italy(InfoAut):
"Marta, a 33-years old activist from Pisa, Italy, recounts
her experience of being arrested during a No Tav demonstration
last week then heavily beaten up and humiliated, being groped
on her breasts and private parts by police agents"

MALTA: Horticulture
training for refugees and asylum seekers(Malta Independent):
" Since June 2012, the University section of the Argotti
Botanic Gardens was buzzing with a different activity from its
usual day to day running. The HORTES project, short for Horticulture
Training as a Means to Enhance Skills of Refugees and Asylum
Seekers aimed to do exactly what its title says - this ERF funded
project endeavoured to teach refugees and asylum seekers the
basics of gardening"

MALTA: Justice
reform commission issues second report(Malta Independent):
"A radical reform of the legal aid system and the splitting
up of the Attorney Generals role are among the 293 proposals
included in the second document issued by the Justice Reform
Commission headed by retired judge Vanni Bonello"

NETHERLANDS: Dutch
mobile operators modify data-analysis after investigation Dutch
DPA(Dutch DPA): "The Dutch Data Protection Authority
(CBP) today publishes its reports resulting from the investigation
into the analysis of data traffic (packet inspection) on the
mobile network by the mobile operators KPN, Tele2, T-Mobile and
Vodafone. These four operators are the largest mobile network
providers in the Netherlands. In the course of the investigation
the Dutch DPA has found violations of the Dutch Data Protection
Act and the Telecommunications Act at all four operators"

NETHERLANDS: Holland
held Czech gold for the nazis (Dutch News): "The
Dutch central bank held gold reserves on behalf of the German
nazi party on the eve of World War II, the Volkskrant reports
on Thursday"

POLAND: Back
in the Day: Warsaw rises up (euronews): "August
1, 1944. The Warsaw Uprising took place, designed by Polish resistance
fighters to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The uprising began
on August 1, as part of Operation Tempest, with the Soviet Army
approaching Warsaw, having already driven the German Wehrmacht
from Mother Russia. The goal of the Polish was to drive the German
occupiers from the city and free Warsaw before the Soviets arrived,
in order to claim sovereignty"

SWEDEN: Port
city 'no haven' for Swedish Jews (The Local): "Attacks
against Jews in Malmö, Sweden's third largest city, have
left members of the community questioning their future in a place
known for its multiculturalism"

SWEDEN: Telltale
landlords keep notes on tenants (The Local): "Municipal
landlords in western Sweden have been keeping notes on tenants'
lifestyles and habits, with some annotations potentially in breach
of Sweden's privacy laws."

SWITZERLAND: Names
in hooligan database at all-time high (swissinfo.ch):
"A record number of people have been put under restraining
orders for committing violence at sporting events, according
to the latest figures from the Federal Police Office, further
spotlighting the issue of hooliganism in Switzerland"

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